MGNREGA-EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT OF RURAL WORKERS IN THIRUVALLUR DISTRICT

Abstract

National Rural Employment Grantee Act (NREGA) is considered to be one of the most enlightened and transformational bills passed by the Indian Parliament during the year 2005. The government is responsible for guaranteeing employment and livelihood safety to every rural family. In the year 2007, it has been renamed as (MGNREGA) -Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Act. MGNREGA remains one of the government’s leading programs within the primary national strategy for development, which is the 11th Five-Year Plan (2007-2012). The scheme concentrates on actions of “inclusive development” via a three-branched strategy: income poverty reduction, economic growth, and human capital formation. This law is a substantial development in the entire history of poverty-reduction strategies and rural growth policies in India. In Accordance with MGNREGA ensures the yearly jobs for 100 days to each and every rural family in which adult members are prepared to do unskilled manual labor at the legal minimum wage. The primary objective of this right in accordance with the policy proposal is to offer employment guarantee and encourage developing infrastructure in the rural areas for the well-being of rural households, it has additionally been deemed to be a comprehensive approach for rural poverty reduction and maintainable development. The aim is to ensure livelihood and food safety by offering unskilled jobs to people by the establishment of sustainable resources. Women in rural areas are usually home-based the EGS played a significant role in limiting gender bias and enabling rural women. This study examines these issues and points out that the Employment Guarantee Act should it should not be considered any ordinary poverty reduction program, but it should be considered a chance to eliminate the worst type of poverty as well as to empower Promoting the growth of the poorest people and the Indian economy. The research has shown that MGNREGA possesses a lot of alterations in the lives of its recipients. However, the stance of lower-class families is improved in their way of life. Across this study we will attempt to concentrate to assess the effect of MGNREGA on recipients and their lives in the Thiruvallur district of Tamilnadu.